Subject: Re: [PATCH net v6] net: sched: cls_u32: Fix u32's systematic failure to free IDR entries for hnodes.

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 07:18:22 -0800

On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 07:23:29 -0500 Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
> > Separate patch - okay, but why are you asking people to send the tests
> > to net-next? These sort of requests lead people to try to run
> > linux-next tests on stable trees.  
> 
> AFAIK, those are the rules.

Do you have more info, or this is more of a "your understanding" thing?
E.g. rules for which subsystem? are they specified somewhere?
I'm used to merging the fix with the selftest, two minor reasons pro:
 - less burden on submitter
 - backporters can see and use the test to validate, immediately
con:
 - higher risk of conflicts, but that's my problem (we really need to
   alpha-sort the makefiles, sigh)